| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages) |
| Series |
Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 112 |
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Philosophia antiqua ; v. 112.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Plato's Cratylus and Aristotle's De Interpretatione: Setting the Scene; Chapter Two The Middle Platonists: Constructing Platonic Doctrines; Chapter Three Porphyry's Aristotelian Semantic Theory and Proclus' Platonic Criticism of it; Chapter Four Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus (I): The Issue of the Correctness of Names; Chapter Five Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus (II): Naming, Dialectic, and the Divine Intellect; Chapter Six Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus (III): Learning from Divine Names; Chapter Seven After Proclus; Bibliography |
| Summary |
The Cratylus contains Plato's important, yet ambiguous discussion of language. This book explores the various views on language and its relation to philosophy in the Platonic tradition by examining the reception of Plato's Cratylus in antiquity in general, and the commentary of the Neoplatonist Proclus in particular |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Proclus, approximately 410-485. In Platonis Cratylum commentaria.
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Plato. Cratylus.
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Proclus Diadochus 412-485 In Platonis Cratylum commentaria gnd |
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Proclus (Diadochus). In Platonis Cratylum commentaria. swd |
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Cratylus (Plato) fast |
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In Platonis Cratylum commentaria (Proclus) fast |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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Sprachphilosophie
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Cratylus (Plato)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047423720 |
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9047423720 |
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